Chili Peppers in Camarillo

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Bartender Arturo Martinez serves up drinks, including a margarita and an extra-large Bloody Mary, at Chili Peppers in Camarillo.

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A chicken enchilada topped with green sauce and a carnitas taco are served at Chili Peppers in Camarillo.

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Eddie Hernandez of Oxnard (right) digs into a molcajete bowl at the new Chili Peppers in Camarillo. The dish features pieces of chicken, beef, cheese and shrimp arranged around the edges of a bowl filled with salsa. Hernandez was there having lunch with his co-workers.

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ROB VARELA/THE STAR An order of camarones rancheros is served at Chili Peppers’ new Las Posas Road location.

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ROB VARELA/THE STAR A La Perla coctele — a seafood cocktail made with shrimp, octopus, abalone and imitation crabmeat — is served at the new Chili Peppers restaurant in Camarillo.